|
I owe you an apology… I realize there’s a huge lag between today and when these posts are dated. Trouble is, some days I’m inspired to write and some I’m not, and if I force it, if I plow through and write them in the time it takes you to read them, I know I [...] June 4. Day 339. This is kind of embarrassing. But since I’m here to document, indiscriminately, my triumphs and their less exalting cousins (defeats, near misses and total fall on your face screw ups), here it is. In high-def slow-mo. And consider, gentle reader, consider that it all started with a photo. A photo I shot for [...] June 2. Day 337. I asked for several things but chose this episode because it’s a useful counterexample. Here goes: I decided to skip lunch and go straight for coffee and dessert. Bad, so bad — but so so good!!! I entered a gelateria, asked for a cup (i.e. not a cone), half strawberry half pineapple. I sat down [...] June 1. Day 336. This afternoon, after a stroll of my temporary neighborhood, I sat down, ordered a coffee, and began reading “A Prayer for Owen Meany.” I found it in a “give a book, take a book” coffee shop back home — a far cry above the typical Reader’s Digest classics those exchanges usually offer. [...] May 29. Day 333. Split entree? Split appetizer? Split dessert? Pretty standard. But split a cocktail? Not so sure. I was at Red Lobster, about to have dinner with my mom and some of her co-workers, when my eye fell on the description of the mango mai tai. Nostalgic for Hawaii, and totally tempted by the mango, I [...] |
    
  
 
   |
|
© 2008-2012 Daily Asker - All Rights Reserved - Log in |
|
